Improvement in type-cases



i UNTTD "STATES PAT'ENlgQTL-E.

BENJAMIN o. WOODS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IM PROVEM ENT IN TYPE-CASES.

dSpecificationforming part of Letters Patent No. SISJGQ, dated April 6,1869.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN O. WOODS, of

h Boston, in the county of Sniolkand State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a newand useful Improvement in the Construction of Type- Gases;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, ret'- erence b'eing had to the accompanyingdrawings, and .to the letters of reference marked thereon.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspectiveview of tl1eimproved type-case. Fig. 2 is a View of an unlinishedportion ot' the main part in process of construction. Fig. 3 is anotherpart for forming the partitions b', shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 4

. and 5 represent the same partitions b made separately.

In constructing the improved type-case I vform a series of grooves, a,(see Fig. 2,) having concave, semicircular, or rounded bottoms, asshown. These grooves are divided up in their length by partitions b,(see Fig. 1,) so forming the typepockets d. (See Fig. l.) Theseporlets,it will be observed, will not, from their peculiar construction, allowthe type to Vlie close to the bottom, except in the widest part, wherethere is room to get hold of them, unless they lie lengthwise totgroovea, in which position they can be easily taken in the fingers. NVhen lying transversely to the groove a, they may be easily taken, as they thencannot lie-at upon the bottom, except as before stated.'

The partitions b may be made separately and inserted separately in thegrooves a; or transverse grooves c may be formed through the material inwhich the curved-bottomed Y grooves rt are made, into which a continuouspartition-piece, b, Fig. 3, may be inserted.v (See Figs. 2 and 3.) Thelatter partition-piece will in such case give great strength to thecase.

The partitions, if {itt-ed in separately, may also p be so constructedas to give a rounded form to the type-pockets in the directiontransverse to the groovesa. (See Fig. 4t.) This, however, is notessential, as'the rounded form of construction in the direction of thegrooves a is sufcient to make the type easily accessible.

Any suitable number and arrangement of' these type-cases, and ofthepockets d, may be m'ade, as is done with the ordinarily-construct' edtype-case.

Ido not continc myseltto any specified numl ber of the pockets d. Theymay be varied in number and proportions to suit the type to be used in'them, provided they be constructed of the curved-bottomed grooves andpartitions, as set forth nor to any one material, as any material (woodor otherwise) adapted to receive the type without injury to them may beused at pleasure.

This construction ot' the type-case and its pockets allows the type toslip up the concave surface byjust placing a finger upon them, andthereby bringing them to the verge of the pocket, where they are easilyembraced by the thumb and finger.

Thus, having descr ibed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

is as follows: l

Forming in one and the same piece otstock a series of grooves havingboth angles or sides curved, and traversing or intersecting the saidgrooves with partitions, substantially as described.

BENJ. O. WOODS.

Witnesses:

D. NfB. COFFTN, Jr., IRAH l). SPAULDING.

